Portuguese varieties – Touriga National

from anywhere

early season temperatures and extreme late season heat

to purple plums

and good botrytisation in the autumn we harvested concentrated

2016 Royal Tokaj, Essencia Essencia Portuguese varieties – Touriga NationalEssencia is the worlds most concentrated essence of its ripest grapes, it is the liquid gold that very slowly oozes from a pile of asz grapes raisined by botrytis and climatic conditions. In 2016 we had a mild and dry winter with no serious frosts. This was followed by a long spring, with lovely, warm days but cool, almost chilly nights. The flowering season was unusually long resulting in uneven fruit set in many vineyards and across all grape